Brandeis Students Highlight Science in the Scrolls

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The Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit will open in May 2013 in Boston. Credit: Museum of Science

A traveling Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit has allowed American audiences to interact with early Biblical texts and life in first and second-century Israel. The scrolls’ final stop is at the Museum of Science in Boston (beginning in May 2013), and the museum has worked closely with Brandeis University students and faculty to organize the exhibit. The museum’s scientific focus has been led to a highlight on science in the scrolls, both in selection of ancient scientific texts and in modern analysis. Museum visitors will have the opportunity to learn about ancient astronomy alongside Biblical history, and will benefit from NASA technology used to analyze the ancient writing.

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In this lecture presented at The Explorers Club in New York, Sarah Yeomans examines a recently excavated, as-yet unpublished archaeological site that has substantially contributed to our understanding of what ancient Romans did to combat disease and injury.

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The Museum of Biblical Art in New York city turns ten this year. In honor of their tenth anniversary, they have organized a stunning exhibit: Sculpture in the Age of Donatello: Renaissance Masterpieces from Florence Cathedral.